Stockcar



l.. G. BURNAM 2,498,647

sTocKcAR 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENToR. Za/Onaro/f ,Ba .w1/am Feb. 28, 1950 Filed Feb. 2o, 1945 Feb. 2s, 1950 L. G. BURNAM sTocKCAR 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 2d, 1945 Feb. 28, 1950 L G, BURNAM 2,498,647

sTocKcAR Filed Feb. 20, 1945 3 SheetS-Sheetl 3 Patented Feb. 28, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE STOCKCAR Leonard G. Burnam, Mansfield, Ill.

Application February 20, 1945, Serial No. 578,824

2 Claims. (Cl. 119-10) v The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in stock cars for transporting livestock, and the invention had for its primary object to provide means for watering and feeding the stock while in transit, as well as to provide Ventilating means in the sides of the car for the animals and living quarters at one end of the car for the attendants.

An important object of the present invention is to provide pivotally mounted watering troughs at the sides of the car connected to a watering system for either'supplying water to the troughs from a tank carried by the car while the car is in transit, or for connecting the system to an outside source of supply when the car is stationary, and also to provide'means for raising and lowering the trough :in tcan-iout-of-the-way position, when not in use,a'ndwithout necessitating the attendant entering the portion of the car where the stock is confined.

A further object of the invention is to provide feed racks into which feed may be placed from an overhead platform without requiring the attendant to enter the compartment where the stock is confined.

The stock car embodying the present elements of invention is designed particularly for transporting feeder cattle direct from the range to a feed lot in a sanitary and well fed and watered condition without resorting to the use of terminal stockyards in which cattle are usually placed for feeding'and watering during transportation and in which the cattle are frequently subjected to contamination and disease.

It is accordingly an object of the present in- Vention to provide a stock car by means of which cattle may be transported on either long or short hauls in a safe condition and without danger of loss of the cattle through lack of attention.

A further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and maintain in use, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation, as more fully hereinafterV described and claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing-s .forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which:

Figure l is a side elevational View.

Figure 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of the connected ends of a pair of the stock 2 cars and showing the living quarters for the attendant, as well as the control compartment for the water supply.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional View of the connected ends of a pair of stock cars.

Figures 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views taken respectively on the lines 4 4 and 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is an enlarged end elevational View of one of the watering troughs, and with parts shown in section.

Figure 7 is a similar View showing the watering trough raised when not in use.

Figure 8 is an enlarged side elevational view of one of the supporting brackets for the trough.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, where, for the purpose of illustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates the stock car generally which includes a central cattle compartment 6 having a sliding door 'I at one side thereof for loading and unloading the car, both of the side walls of the compartment 6 being formed with a screen section 8 at the lower portion thereof and by means of which the compartment may be suitably ventilated.

At each end of the compartment 6 are partitions 9 'and I0 providing a compartment II at one end of the car within which a water tank I2 may be placed and a compartment I3 at the other end of the car forming living quarters for an attendant and including a toilet I4, chairs or seats I5, a cook stove I6 and sink I1.

The chairs or seats I5 may be converted into bunks, if desired. A sliding door I8 is mounted in the partition 9 and a sliding door I9 is similarly mounted in the partition I0, the doorsl being mounted in an elevated position and to which access is afforded by the ladder structures 20 and An elevated screened or grilled platform 22 is supported inthe animal compartment 6 and eX- tends throughout the length of the compartment, the platform being supported on transverse beams 23.

The side edges of the platform 22 are spaced from the sides of the car and a feed rack 24 extends downwardly from each of the side edges of the platform 22 to an adjacent side of the car and is attached thereto by brackets 25. lThe feed rack is formed of spaced parallel slats 26 behind which hay may be placed for feeding to the stock. Positioned beneath the feed rack 24 are a plurality of water troughs 21, the troughs having a shaft 28 secured to the bottom thereof and extending longitudinally thereof throughout the length of each 'side 0f the compartment B.

ated by chains 35 and 36 from sprockets 31 and 38 having wheels S9 and 40 attached theretoand by means of which either end of the shaft 28 may ybe rotated for swinging the troughs 21 from their position as shown in Figure 6 of the drawings i into a position, as shown in Figure 7 of the draw'- ings, against theadjacent sidefof the compartment when the trough is not in use. The shaft 28 moves transversely in the slot 29as the trough 21 is turned from the position shown in Figure 6 tothe position shown in Figure '1in order. to provide sufcient clearance for the edge ofthe trough 21 as it engages the side of the car. After the'trough is positioned against the side of the car, as shown in Figure 7, the shaft 28 is again seated in the slot 29, as shown in Figure 7.

To the outer side` of each of the troughs21 is attached a shelf 4I which occupies a vertical position when the trough is open in the position shown in Fig. 6, and the shelf 4l occupies a horizontal position above the trough when the trough is pivoted into its closed position, as shown in Figure 7. i v Y The shelf 4|,is positioned immediately beneath the feed trough 24 so that hay dropped from the feed trough during .the feeding of the animal Will be collected on the shelf 4|.

Water is supplied to each of the troughs 21 `by means of a nozzle 42 connected to an overhead supply pipe 43 extending longitudinally of the car and connected to the tank l2, by means of the upstanding pipe 44. The pipes-43 `and 44 have manually operable valves 45 and 46, respectively, therein.

A compressed airsupply pipe 41 is attached to the tank I2 also having a manually controlled valve 48 therein, the pipe `41 extending downwardly through the bottom of the car and -is adapted for connection with the usual compressed air brake system of the car, the pipe having a bleeder valve 46 therein. l

A Water supply. pipe 49 also extends longitudinallyv of the car and leads to the Water storage tank of the locomotive to ywhich the stock cars are attached. l

The pipe 49 is attached to the tank l2 by means of a pipe U having a pump 5i therein operated by an electric motor 52 for pumpingthe water through the pipe 49 intothe tank.

The overhead pipes 43 and 49 of the respective cars are connected by hose 53 and 54 at the adjacent ends of the cars and the pipes 49 at each side of the pipe 58 are provided with manually operable valves' 55 and 56.

. The pipe 44 extends downwardly into the tank I2 adjacent the bottom of thetank and the pipe 47 is adapted. for attachingtothe airline of the Il)l and are provided with sprockets 33 and 34 attheir respective ends oper- 4 train yfor supplying air under pressure to the tank and by means of which Water from the tank is forced upwardly through the pipe 44 and into the pipe 43 for distribution to the several troughs 21.

Bales of hay for feeding to the animals may be stored on the platform 22 for placing in the feed troughs 24 when the animals are to be fed.

In view ofthe foregoing description taken in connection "vwithxthe accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clearVA understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the apparatus will be quite apparent to those skilled in the art. A more detailed description thereof is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

I't is tof bef-understood, however, that even `though I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, the same l is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of,v the invention as herein described, and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thusY described the invention, What I claim is:

1. In a cattle car vincluding a pair ofspaced parallel side walls, a watering `device operatively connected 4to one of `said side walls, said device comprising a pair of spaced parallel brackets projecting from said side wall and ixedly secured thereto, each of. said brackets being provided with an inclined slot extending from its projectingend for a portion of Iitslength, a horizontally-disposed rotatable shaft supportedby said pair of brackets and positioned to move transversely in said slots, an open-top -trough adapted to contain water carried 'by said shaft, and means operatively connected `to said shaft for rotating the latter to thereby swing the open top of said trough into, and out of engaging relation with said side wall.-

-2.'In a cattle car including a pairof spaced parallel side walls, a watering device operatively connected to one of said `side walls, said device comprising a pair of spaced parallel brackets projecting from s aid sidewall and xedly secured thereto, each of said brackets `being provided with REFERENCES orrori),

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